MPs vote to label China's persecution of Uighurs a genocide

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 5:10 a.m.

Canadian parliamentarians voted Monday to declare that China is conducting a genocide against its Muslim minorities. The prime minister and his cabinet abstained, but what will this vote mean for Uighurs in China, and Canada? We ask Mehmet Tohti, the co-founder and the Canadian representative for the World Uyghur Congress, and executive director of the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project.